Chances are, if stoner rock is even remotely up your alley, Slomosa has landed on radar in recent years. The Norwegian four-piece is easily one the best bands going at the moment.
SLOMOSA: Albums Ranked
CENTRO-MATIC: Fort Recovery
The following offers an admittedly long-winded retrospective on a band that personifies the term underrated: Centro-Matic. My original intention was to shine a spotlight on the 2006 release, Fort Recovery. For my money, the album represents the band’s high-water mark and a perfect point of entry for the uninitiated.
NINE INCH NAILS: Albums Ranked
Like many gen-xers, MTV was both a gateway and conduit to all things music for yours truly. Still, by the late ‘80s, the channel had gotten pretty stale. Which is probably why I so vividly remember the first time I saw Nine Inch Nails.
POE: This Road (Vinyl Release)
These two songs feel like more than just another one-off gaming soundtrack contribution–they represent a fascinating full-circle moment for Poe. After two decades of relative silence, she's returned with music that feels both fresh and familiar, a perfect point of re-entry for artist and fanbase alike.
PORTISHEAD: Albums Ranked
Not only did the Bristol-based trio make an immediate and formative impact on ‘90s trip-hop, I’d argue they transcended the genre, resulting in a body of work that sounds pretty timeless.
THE SMILE: Cutouts (Track by Track)
The Smile has fully embraced the notion of progress through refinement. And in the case of Cutouts, that means The Smile have delivered tightest batch of songs yet.
PEARL JAM: Dark Matter (Track by Track)
It’s pretty amazing that, after all these years, Pearl Jam can deliver an album as strong as Dark Matter.
THE SMILE: Wall of Eyes (Track by Track)
Wall of Eyes is everything I didn’t even know I wanted from The Smile.
R.E.M.: Automatic for the People
Few bands can lay claim to having actually been there ‘from the beginning.’ In the case of alt-rock, however, R.E.M. not only spearheaded the genre, they managed to outlast nearly all of their first-wave contemporaries.
SARAH JAROSZ: Albums Ranked
To those who know her work, Sarah Jarosz is a multi-talented singer-songwriter and instrumentalist who has captivated audiences with her unique blend of contemporary folk, Americana, and bluegrass music for the better part of fifteen years (and counting).
